Vulgar words in Devereux — Volume 04 (Page 1)
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For Heaven's sake, let us leave panegyric to blockheads, and say something bitter to one another, or we shall die of /ennui/."
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"We believed so at the time, my Lord; but there are as many changes in the fashion of making love as there are in that of making dresses.
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"Yes," said Hamilton; "but if I remember right, it was at seeing an ass eat figs.
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Let us swear by the ghost of Philemon that we will never laugh at an ass's jokes,--practical or verbal."
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The party consisted of twenty: nine gentlemen of the court besides myself; four men of low rank and character, but admirable buffoons; and six ladies, such ladies as the Duke loved best,--witty, lively, sarcastic, and good for nothing.
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But the most amusing personages were the buffoons: they mimicked and joked, and lampooned and lied, as if by inspiration.
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As the bottle circulated, and talk grew louder, the lampooning and the lying were not, however, confined to the buffoons.